Extra Curricular Activities

As a Greystone student, you are encouraged to participate in Schreiner programs and activities. The office of Student Activities and Leadership Development offers programs and opportunities enabling students to develop their skills as leaders. Involvement in extracurricular activities on campus, whether they are social, cultural, volunteer or intellectual, can provide opportunities to:

· stimulate and complement learning.
· educate students in social responsibility.
· develop appreciation of diversity and expose students to various cultures, ideas, issues, arts and lifestyles.
· assist in the development of community through creative interaction by encouraging all members to learn from each other.

The office of Student Activities and Leadership Development coordinates the registration of more than 30 student organizations that represent a variety of interests. Some examples include: the Student Activities Board, representing entertainment, social recreational and cultural programs for the campus community; Greek organizations, offering social and leadership opportunities for their members; Student Government, offering opportunities for participation in campus life; SCOP (Schreiner Community Outreach Program), offering volunteer and community service opportunities; and leadership development programs, providing leadership training at every level.

Greek Life
Schreiner University supports a Greek Life program that benefits the holistic development of our undergraduate students. The men's and women's fraternal organizations are expected to encourage high standards of leadership, scholarship, character, conduct and social education. In accordance with federal law, these groups may limit their membership to a single gender. They are subject to all policies of the University, including those that apply to Recognized Student Organizations and specifically Greek Life.

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Service Learning
The Schreiner Community Outreach Program (SCOP) provides service learning and other volunteer opportunities for Schreiner students, staff and faculty. Through service activities, students can become more involved in the campus and the greater community, gain leadership skills, develop an increased sense of civic responsibility and deepen their understanding of community and global issues.

Student Senate
The Student Senate is the Schreiner student governing body, created by joint action of faculty and students during the session of 1929-30. It was organized to promote the general welfare of students, school spirit, scholarship and citizenship. Members are elected by the student body during annual elections held in the spring term. Representatives from the Senate serve on numerous committees including Academic Affairs, Admission, Faculty Search and Selection, Financial Aid, Library, and Student Affairs. Senate executive officers represent the student body at Board of Trustees functions and other University events.

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Student Publications
Schreiner University sponsors the publication of a yearbook, a literary magazine and a newspaper by students. Student publications can report and record activities for the interest of students and the university; they can serve as a forum for independent views; they can encourage creative, progressive political, and critical thought; and they can involve students in a wide range of activity.

Materials published by Schreiner University student publications will be only those written by students, faculty, or staff members. Generally, no outside materials will be included in student publications, with the occasional exception of syndicated features reprinted with permission of copyright holders.

Student publications should be an agent for change, not merely for criticism and negativity. Therefore, these publications favor critical writing that offers positive alternatives, but will not accept for publication slanderous personal attacks.

A statement of policy will be included in student publications at least annually.

Offices for all three publications listed below are located on the first floor of Cailloux Campus Activity Center. Students holding leadership positions for each publication will receive a Leadership Grant for their commitment and dedication.

The Muse, the University's literary magazine, provides a showplace for the artistic efforts--poems, essays, short stories, photography, and artwork--of students, faculty, and staff members.

The Mountaineer is the campus student newspaper. The staff is chosen in the fall, usually in the first two weeks of the fall term.

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